Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture

c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8/18/26 12:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 18/08/2026 14:36, Rich wrote:
>>> There is no "perfect frequency".  Ignoring FCC rules that mean you 
>>> can't use every frequency anyway, if you want more penetration 
>>> (less attenuation) from structures you want lower frequency.  But 
>>> lower frequency comes along with lower bandwidth for data, so lower 
>>> data speeds.
>>>
>> Its ironic that I could probably build a reliable data transfer for 
>> 50 baud running on 27MHz
> 
>   Quite true - 'reliable', just not FAST.
> 
>   As for the 'FCC' ...  sorry, no Ministry Of Housinz detector vans 
>   running around.  They can't afford it and the VAST proliferation of 
>   signals makes a mess even an AI couldn't sort out.  Unless you're 
>   blasting half a megawatt over commercial/govt stations the FCC just 
>   doesn't *care* anymore.

That very much depends on what, or who, you happen to be stepping upon.

Stomp over the frequencies your local police/fire/rescue departments 
are using and you may get the Ministry Of Housinz detector vans roaming 
your area.

Stomp over the frequencies used by a nearby airport for aircraft to 
tower comms and you *will* get the Ministry Of Housinz detector vans 
roaming around hunting you down.

Stomp over Verizon's cell phone tower signals, well, maybe the vans 
show up, maybe not.

Stomp all over your neighborhood 2.4Ghz WiFi free-for-all bands, yeah, 
nobody at the FCC will care one bit.